Teaching Gallery: Picturing Poverty

Exhibition

Exhibition Overview

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Teaching Gallery: Picturing Poverty
White Gallery, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

Selected for Hemenway, LA&S 301 Learning Communities Seminar: End of Global Poverty in conjuction with End Global Poverty Week (Oct 15th -19th). Students in learning community contacted the museum to work with us on this topic and they promoted the installation campus-wide.

Works of art

Norman Strike (born 1949), This I Believe
Norman Strike (born 1949), This I Believe
Norman Strike
This I Believe
1989
Margaret Bourke-White (1904–1971), At the Time of the Louisville Flood
Margaret Bourke-White (1904–1971), At the Time of the Louisville Flood
Margaret Bourke-White
At the Time of the Louisville Flood
1937
James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834–1903), The Unsafe Tenement
James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834–1903), The Unsafe Tenement
James Abbott McNeill Whistler
The Unsafe Tenement
1858
Jean François Millet (1814–1875), The Gleaners
Jean François Millet (1814–1875), The Gleaners
Jean François Millet
The Gleaners
1856
Arthur Rothstein (1915–1985), The family of a migratory fruit worker from Tennessee now camped in a field near the packinghouse at Winter Haven, Florida
Arthur Rothstein (1915–1985), The family of a migratory fruit worker from Tennessee now camped in a field near the packinghouse at Winter Haven, Florida
Arthur Rothstein
The family of a migratory fruit worker from Tennessee now camped in a field near the packinghouse at Winter Haven, Florida
1937
Weegee (1899–1968), Asleep on Fire Escape During Heat Spell
Weegee (1899–1968), Asleep on Fire Escape During Heat Spell
Weegee
Asleep on Fire Escape During Heat Spell
1938
Jim Goldberg (born 1953), untitled
Jim Goldberg (born 1953), untitled
Jim Goldberg
untitled
1979
Gunther Sander; August Sander (1876–1964), Unemployed Man, Cologne
Gunther Sander; August Sander (1876–1964), Unemployed Man, Cologne
August Sander , Gunther Sander
Unemployed Man, Cologne
1928
Diane Arbus (1923–1971), Robert Evans and his family
Diane Arbus (1923–1971), Robert Evans and his family
Diane Arbus
Robert Evans and his family
1968
Gordon Parks (1912–2006), The da Silva Family at Dawn
Gordon Parks (1912–2006), The da Silva Family at Dawn
Gordon Parks
The da Silva Family at Dawn
1961
Lewis Wickes Hine (1874–1940), Madonna of the Tenement
Lewis Wickes Hine (1874–1940), Madonna of the Tenement
Lewis Wickes Hine
Madonna of the Tenement
1904
Marion Palfi (1907–1978), New York, 1956-58 (This woman received $30.00 per month in Social Security benefits. She paid from it her rent and utilities. One dollar was left over on which she lived. She was seeking old age...)
Marion Palfi (1907–1978), New York, 1956-58 (This woman received $30.00 per month in Social Security benefits. She paid from it her rent and utilities. One dollar was left over on which she lived. She was seeking old age...)
Marion Palfi
New York, 1956-58 (This woman received $30.00 per month in Social Security benefits. She paid from it her rent and utilities. One dollar was left over on which she lived. She was seeking old age...)
1956–1958